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RIMOWA Explores Travel, Queerness and Sexuality for Pride 2021

To commemorate Pride 2021, RIMOWA has tapped three queer artists to share their thoughts on how travel allows an exploration of queer sexuality. The artists, Gerardo Vizmanos, Lissa Rivera and Huang Jiaqi, had complete creative freedom to examine the concept in the format that felt most true to their practice. From archive imagery capturing the LGBTQIA+ community to documentary-style depiction of a queer couple and intimate close-ups of the male form, the photographs highlight the freedom that t...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Fri, 04 Jun 2021 HYPEBAE
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Bitcoin Drops 5% After Elon Musk's Breakup Meme Tweet

On the morning of June 4, Elon Musk tweeted a meme with the hashtag #Bitcoin alongside a broken heart emoji, implying that he has broken up with the cryptocurrency. Hours later, the entrepreneur posted another meme suggesting a market crash.While Musk didn't disclose whether or not he had sold his bitcoin, his tweets affected bitcoin’s price. According to Coindesk, the digital coin dropped from $39,212 USD to $35,814 USD once Musk shared the meme. In the span of 24 hours, the cryptocurrency f...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Fri, 04 Jun 2021 HYPEBAE
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Michelle Wie West Announces Return to Competitive Golf

Michelle Wie West will compete at the U.S. Women's Open for the first time since 2018, a comeback that follows wrist injuries, surgery and the birth of her first child. Her return to competition is fueled by frustration: in a new interview with The New York Times, the pro golfer says that vulgar comments about her underwear -- voiced by none other than Rudy Giuliani -- launched her back into the game.During a February episode of Steve Bannon's right-wing podcast War Room, Giuliani recalled a con...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Thu, 03 Jun 2021 HYPEBAE
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Please, Do Not Try Dry Scooping

TikTok is full of trends that run the gamut from outrageous to downright dangerous. The latest fad circulating on the platform is "dry scooping," eating a scoop of pre-workout powder dry, instead of diluting it with water as instructed.One TikTok user, 20-year-old Briatney Portillo, is warning viewers against partaking in the risky trend. "Taking a dry pre-workout scoop because I saw it trending on TikTok," one of her videos begins, only to continue with a dark conclusion: "Ending up in the hos...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Thu, 03 Jun 2021 HYPEBAE